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174 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE Botanical Laboratories Research The Laboratories are open daily from 10-6 during Term Special facilities are provided for research in Cytology and Genetics Arrange- ments have been made with the Royal Botanic Society Regent's Park for growing plants for genetical experiments Other lines of research in Botany are also taken up In recent years number of investigators from other countries have carried on their work under direction in these Laboratories GEOLOGY Head of the Department William Thomas Gordon Sc Professor The Courses are designed for Students who take Geology as subject for the Sc degree and also for those who study this science as part of liberal education Thus the statement that Course is suitable for particular examination does not mean that attention is confined solely to the subjects mentioned in the syllabus for that examination General Sc Courses Physical Geology Yj -Intermediate Science Lectures 12-1 The Earth as Planet-Its larger surface features-Atmospheric agents and their effects-Action of surface and underground waters and of ice-The Ocean its movements and work-Distribution of temperature and pressure in the Earth and its density-The internal forces and their effects Subsidence and Elevation Volcanoes and Earthquakes-The nature modes of formation and occurrence of Aqueous Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks-Structural Geology The characters and relations of rock-masses-Features produced by Denudation Mineralogy and Petrology Y2 -Intermediate Science Lectures Tu 12-1 Elements of Crystallography The common crystal forms and combinations Principles of crystallographic notation Elemen- tary Mineralogy The physical properties chemical composition and modes of occurrence of the commoner minerals Principles of the determination of rock-forming minerals in microscopic examination Stratigraphical Geology and Palaeontology Ya -Intermediate Science Lectures Th 2-3 Disposition of rocks and representation of such on maps-Relative ages of rocks- Fossils their preservation and distribution in rocks-The more important fossil types mainly invertebrate animals-Use of fossils in stratigraphical geology-The geological systems as developed in Great Britain their broad characters and distribution